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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Love dessert? How about making desserts? Bob Hildebrand and
Carol Hildebrand bring you 500 5-ingredient recipes and a whole lot more in
this cookbook.

Simple yet elegant, from beginners to seasoned and serious
homemakers – this book offers it all.

Chapter one will take you through Pantry Basics and techniques
and will lead you through 12 chapters of cakes, brownies, pies and tarts and
many other delectable chapters.

This cookbook can by yours by simply sharing one of your
favorite recipes. All you need to do is submit your recipe before my June 4
cookbook drawing and your name will be entered.

Here’s how to enter:

Email one of your favorite recipes to me at Vicki.Arsenault@oakpress.com or
if you prefer, you can send by mail: Vicki Arsenault, The Oakland Press, 48 W.
Huron St., Pontiac, MI 48342. If sending by mail, please include a contact
number for questions or notifying the winner.
If you have a photo, please send that along with your recipe.
The drawing for my next cookbook, 500 5-Ingredient
Desserts will be held on June 4.
Winners will be announced here and in The Oakland Press.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Congratulations
to Barbara Peckham of Burton. She’s the lucky winner of my 2500 Recipes:
Everyday to Extraordinary cookbook drawing. Barbara’s
name was entered in the drawing after submitting her recipe – Cream Cheese
Broccoli Casserole. She said she received this recipe from a friend around 30
years ago but never thought she would enjoy eating broccoli and was sure her
children wouldn’t. Much to her surprise, it’s now a favorite and she serves it
at all her family gatherings.
She altered the recipe slightly from
the original, opting for topping off with Durkee onions in place of
crackers and leaving out the option of rice. Cream Cheese Broccoli Casserole
1 30 oz. pkg. frozen chopped broccoli or broccoli florets
1 can Campbells® cream of mushroom soup
1 8-oz. pkg. Philadelphia® cream cheese (softened)
1 stick butter
1 medium onion, chopped
Durkee® fried onions
Cook
broccoli according to package directions. Drain and put into 3-quart
casserole dish. Sauté onion in butter. Pour over cooked broccoli and mix
well. Soften cream cheese and mix well with mushroom soup. Stir into
the broccoli/onion mixture.
Top with Durkee® onions.
Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes until bubbly. Serve immediately.

Thanks
for sharing your recipe Barbara Peckham and if you have another favorite, be
sure to send it in to enter in my next cookbook giveaway drawing – 500
5-Ingredient Desserts.

This recipe, once a contest winner in The
Oakland Press, was submitted by Lynn White of Clarkston. Prepare it for
yourself and you’ll see why it’s a winner.Almost Mounds Bars
Ingredients
1 box chocolate cake mix
2 sticks of butter, divided
24 large marshmallows
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup milk
12-oz pkg. of coconut
12-oz pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
Prepare
chocolate cake mix according to directions on package, adding 1 stick
of butter if the mix doesn’t already call for butter.
Pour batter
into a prepared 11x15 jelly roll pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20
minutes. In medium saucepan, stir marshmallows, sugar and milk over
medium heat until the marshmallows melt.
Add coconut and stir.
Spread over cooked cake. In another pan, melt chocolate chips and
remaining stick of butter over low heat. Spread over coconut layer and
place in refrigerator.
Thanks to Lynn White of Clarkston for her recipe.

Special thanks to everyone for submitting a favorite recipe and entering my cookbook giveaway drawing.

Want to be entered in my next Cookbook Giveaway drawing? It's simple. Here's how:
To Enter:
Email
one of your favorite recipes to me at Vicki.Arsenault@oakpress.com or
if you prefer, you can send by mail: Vicki Arsenault, The Oakland Press,
48 W. Huron St., Pontiac, MI 48342. If sending by mail, please include a
contact number for questions or notifying the winner.
If you have a photo, please send that along with your recipe.
The drawing for my next cookbook, 500 – 5 Ingredient Desserts will be held on June 4.
Winners will be announced here and in The Oakland Press.